Resting in Paços dos Cunhas de Santar, in the nice village of Santar. António inside a "lagareta", the primitive "lagar" (open tank in granite used to do the fermentation of the wines in the Dão and in the Douro valley).

Fernando Paiva (Quinta da Bouça-Chã, near Lixa)explaining the dificulties of doing a biodynamic farming in the Verdes

Region. With an atlantic climate with strong humidity and rain, it's almost impossible to work with 3Kg of copper by hectare (Demeter's maximum doses of copper per year and ha). Fernando Paiva is one of the fews wine producers with Demeter certification in Portugal.

Ducks in the vineyard of Fernando Paiva (Lixa, Amarante).

Old typical vineyards in the Verdes Region, north of Portugal (near Amarante).